Arre, this Marvel list in the news... my daughter, amma, she used to save her bus fare to watch those films on a tiny phone screen at her friend’s house. Now she’s in first year engineering, and yesterday she asked me for three thousand rupees for a graphics tablet—"for CAD, nanna." I told her, beta, if that tablet helps you draw a bridge that doesn't fall on the poor man's house, then God willing, we will find the money. But first, let me check if the onion price has come down, or we'll be eating biryani without onions this weekend, and Bablu’s tutoring fees will have to wait.

Vedika Pinto has the steady resolve of an old ledger, amma. Just this afternoon, while sipping Irani chai at the corner stall, I heard the rhythm of her work—it carried the same patience I use when balancing the budget for my beti’s textbooks. God willing, such grace finds its way to all our endeavors.